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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>GREENOCK ST GEORGE</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Formerly Renfrewshire</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Diatonic chime of 9 (as recorded 1947 by Ranald
Clouston in CB Renfrewshire & Dumbartonshire)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Treble RECAST BY GILLETT & JOHNSTON
CROYDON 1913. / FOUNDED 1889 / 1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2nd CAST BY GILLETT & JOHNSTON 1912. /
2</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th RECAST BY GILLETT &
JOHNSTON CROYDON 1913. / FOUNDED 1889 / 3 (or 4 or 5 or 7)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>6th RECAST BY GILLETT & JOHNSTON CROYDON 1912.
CAST 1889. / 6</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>8th RECAST BY GILLETT & JOHNSTON CROYDON 1913.
/ THIS PEAL OF BELLS WAS PRESENTED BY / M<FONT size=1>RS. </FONT><FONT
size=2>ROBERT SHANKLAND / TO THE FREE MIDDLE CHURCH GREENOCK. / IN MEMORY OF HER
PARENTS / M<FONT size=1>R. </FONT></FONT><FONT size=2>AND M<FONT size=1>RS.
</FONT></FONT><FONT size=2>GIBSON, PAISLE, / 1889. /
8 </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bass RECAST BY GILLETT & JOHNSTON CROYDON 1912.
/MIDDLE UNITED FREE CHURCH / GREENOCK / THIS TENOR BELL WITH TWO TREBLES
/ ADDED BY THE CONGREGATION IN / 1912.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Seven bells (1,3,4,5,6,7,8); chiming machine played
changes on the diatonic six. 5th recast as 6th and 2nd and tenor added 1912. The
comparison must have been striking, as the remaining bells were recast the
following year. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They were played from a clavier which with the
floors and the chiming machinery was destroyed by fire in
1948.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Given as 44"; Dove I gives 14 cwt in
E; both note that there had been a fire in 1948 and the two
tenors were cracked, although all were still hanging in their steel framework.
RWMC states "It is possible that the bells will all be recast."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dove II gives 10 bells, 18-1-7 in F, so it appears
that the bells were increased in number and weight by G&J in 1950. Baton
clavier. Perhaps Alan Buswell can give fuller details of the
bells.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I realise that this is mainly about the old bells,
but it is possibly not devoid of interest.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DLC</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 06, 2006 3:30
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Bell Historians] Redundant
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<P>At 13:14 06/12/2006, Dickon wrote:<BR><BR>>Why is everyone bitching
about this? I think Robert was asking a little <BR>>more than just "what is
there", which can indeed be found online. He (and <BR>>I presume others)
want to know what is happening now, what the process is <BR>>for such
decommissioned churches and the impact on the bells for this <BR>>church,
etc.<BR>><BR>>DrL<BR><BR>Thanks Dickon. I suspect that GAD just has it
in for me - due to some <BR>perceived slight! (no more photo favours for you,
George!!)<BR><BR>But, hey, I can live with that.<BR><BR>You are quite right -
I was after something rather more than the bare facts <BR>from the (excellent)
databases mentioned.<BR><BR>RAL <BR><BR></P></DIV><!--End group email --></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>